Phee Choon Road(丕焌路/碧春路)- Abandoned road

The Majestic or Tye Hwa Cinema




















The Majestic cinema had closed















Majestic or Tye Hwa cinema
















The upper floor of the cinema















The side of the cinema at Khoo Sian Ewe Road





















The Majestic Cinema main entrance



















The side entrance of the cinema




















Looking back, we are pity that the road was abandoned.




















The view from Penang Road T- junction.















The view toward Penang Road,opposite is Kimberley Street.















Some corner for the tired legs...















The entrance from Penang Road is closed















A little beautification at the entrance of the road from Penang Road















Only birds are left......

Jalan Phee Choon

Phee Choon Road or Jalan Phee Choon(丕焌路/碧春路) is named after a local personality Lee Phee Choon(李丕俊), who together with Foo Thye Sin, and Ong At Tye were appointed as commissioner to probe Penang Riots of 1867. Lee Phee Choon and Foo Thye Sin(胡泰兴)was made Justice of Peace (JP) in 1872. There was once a mansion Phee Choon building at the location , it was demolished in May, 1937, make way for Penang Police Headquarters.

The Road(actually a side lane) is located between Transfer Road and Penang Road, just beside the Penang Police State Head Quarter. The famous land mark of the road was Majestic cinema, it was initially the cinema for colonial elites,where most of the movies of the British origin was shown. It was later used to show Chinese movie produced by Hong Kong producers which are pro-Chinese communists in the 60s and early 70s. The movies produced by Great Wall and Dragon and Phoenix. The cinema building is owned by Khoo Sian Ewe, it is called Khoo Sian Ewe Theatre. A road beside the cinema was named after him. The cinema was opened in 1926, it was the first cinema to film Chinese movie with sound track. The cinema had closed. The whole street is now abandoned. The road is now an eye sore to Penang Heritage city status, where the colonial shophouses were left in a dilapidated state.

Is that any law in Penang to ensure that the property owner will maintain the properties owned by them, so not to adversely affect the image of the city? Why MPPP keep a close eyes on the dilapidated buildings? It is a pity that the row of colonial shop houses are left to be subject to nature's wear and tear.

漸被遺忘的街道- 丕竣路
2004-2-22 15:08:29
Reposting, author unknown

曾經擁有輝煌時期，如今只成爲靜悄悄的一條道路,丕竣路目前最主要的“任務”只是作爲停車場。

丕竣路位于調和路與槟榔律之間，毗鄰爲邱善佑路，而位于邱善佑路與丕竣路轉角處的新大華戲院，在當時曾帶動當地的經濟蓬勃發展，戲院外擠滿了售賣零食與水果的小販攤格，當觀衆前來觀賞電影時，攤子的生意就會非常好。

另外，在新大華戲院對面的茶餐室也是受到來觀看電影的觀衆光顧，是以有得看又有得吃的地方，自然而然吸引了人潮，茶餐室的生意也越來越旺。

但是，自1997年6月16日新大華戲院停映之後，丕竣路與邱善佑路即面對1百80度的轉變，從輝煌走向沒落，以致面對逐漸成爲被遺忘的街道。

如今，從調和路轉入丕竣路的路口，是不會見到“Jalan Phee Choon”的路牌的，而在從丕竣路要轉出槟榔律的路口擁有一個隱蔽的路牌，路牌被雜草給遮蔽了。

此外，從丕竣路要轉出槟榔律的路口也已被封閉，是以丕竣路已不能成爲“完整”的一條道路，因爲再不能直通，而只是作爲一個停車場，只有特定目的的公衆人士才會前往。

位于丕竣路的住家並不多，只有約10數間，加上在屋租統治法令廢除後所帶來的影響，很多住戶紛紛遷離，以致丕竣路有趨向成爲空巷。

李丕俊簡史

李丕俊爲李心鈃之子（19世紀中葉），在李心鈃的衆多哲嗣中，丕耀、丕淵及丕竣具是當時槟華社會的翹楚。李心鈃爲家族性公冢李成茂園的創始人。李成茂園爲華族私冢之一，約成立于鹹豐六年（1856年）之前，迄今已有1百40余年的曆史。

1867年槟城大暴動時，李丕俊擔任海峽殖民地政府調查委員，也擔任過槟城監獄巡查員，並在1872年，李丕俊與辜上達、胡泰興三人同時被委任爲太平局紳（JP），被譽爲槟城開埠後第一批獲委是項榮耀的華人。

李丕俊爲當日泉系領袖李丕耀、丕铨的兄弟；胡泰興爲客幫的活躍分子，他們都對“邦客械鬥”事件的調解居功至偉。因此，丕竣路（Phee Choon Road）及四條路（Tye Sin Street），分別爲紀念他倆而命名。

槟州總警局－－四方樓

因結構爲四方設計，而被槟州華人稱爲四方樓的槟州總警局，在1996年7月時盛傳將被發展成一個現代化的商業中心，此外，據悉當時在該局隔鄰之地段，包括樂台居與新大華戲院一帶已被金鑽集團收購以待發展成爲酒店與現代商場綜合中心。

當 時，傳聞本地一間生意當紅的發展公司已向政府伸出觸角，以發展這塊位于鬧市的黃金地，而在發展列車的開動下，盛傳政府有意脫售該地予私人界發展，據悉當時 本地的一家著名發展財團獲取這塊黃金地的機會很高，雙方相信也已展開洽談。而當時該地皮的價值估計介于1億多至2億令吉之間。

然而，後來也許是受到經濟風暴的影響，再也沒有續聞，而槟州總警局也依然屹立至今。

新大華戲院

擁有71年悠久曆史的新大華戲院在97年6月16日正式停映，曾經繁華一時的新大華戲院帶動邱善佑路與丕竣路一帶的興旺。

當然，在當時新大華戲院有其吸引觀衆的特色，即該院並沒有使用冷氣，而是以兩把大風扇置于院內，也能致使院內“風涼水冷”。

此外，新大華戲院也帶動當地的經濟繁榮，很多住家都把客廳用來充當停放摩托車的地方，給予前來觀賞電影者帶來方便。

後來，由于迷你戲院的崛起，成爲年輕人的新寵，主宰了槟城電影業，槟城多達20余間的傳統戲院被迫關閉，新大華戲院也是其中之一間。

茶餐室－槟榔律著名煎蕊－嬷嬷檔

在新大華戲院的營業時期，其對面的茶餐室也獲分一杯羹，前來觀賞電影的觀衆都會“就地解決”，在該茶餐室享用食物。

當新大華戲院關閉後，茶餐室也被殃及池魚，失去了食客，所以也必須關閉，而由槟榔律著名煎蕊取代，過後，槟榔律著名煎蕊由于地勢的關系，生意並沒有比茶餐室好，是以再改爲嬷嬷檔。

而今，講起“新大華嬷嬷檔”這個自創名詞，是年輕人都非常熟悉的，因爲一到夜晚，該處就坐滿了人。




















The corner shop which was once a Mamak restaurant















The Penang State Police HQ, a side entrance




















The side view of Majesty Cinema at Jalan Phee Choon




















The window with the outgrowth of trees




















One of the side entrance to cinema
















Side view of Majestic Cinema















The side view of the cinema building , with the side entrance















One of the door at the double storey shop house/residential building















The dilapidated shop houses















The roof top with the outgrowth of the trees, which will destroyed the building soon.




















The close view of dipiladated house















The view of the upper floor















The view of the window with the tree, growing strong...




















The 5 foot way















The side view of police station















The view of the road from Transfer Road















Look at the big tree, the interior of the row of d/s houses/shophouses must had been in the bad shape for some time. It is a mockery to Penang Heritage city status....















The view of dilapidated houses at the right entrance from Transfer Road















The side pedestrian pavement beside police station. Left entrance from Transfer Road.